Adjective

(en adjective)

Consisting of many different elements; various.

Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.

* J. Edwards

The word is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.

* R. Browning

Our roads are diverse : farewell, love! said she.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw

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Capable of various forms; multiform.

* Ben Jonson

Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(not comparable) Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.

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Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.

Particular, characteristic.

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(proscribed) Of a rare quality, unusual.

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